Red Sea Prov. (Khor Tamanib & Has Has); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat, Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan Prov. (Obeid); Darfur Prov. (Zalingei & J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas). =L. neuflizeana= _Courb._ Densely hairy herb, 6-12 in. high. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, up to 2 in. long, crenate, whorls 8-12 flowered, lower ones distant, upper close together; calyx ¼ in. long, throat oblique, ribs and teeth 8-10; cor. lip small. Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.). =L. Schweinfurthii= _Gürke._ White-hairy herb. Leaves sessile, oblong, ab. 1 in. long, loosely dentate in upper half. Whorls few-flowered, many, distant; calyx ⅓ in. long; throat oblique, teeth 8-10, minute. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: on Baginse hills). =L. urticæfolia= _Benth._ UM GALŌT—Arab. Hairy annual, 6-24 in. high. Leaves ovate, 1-2 in. long, crenate. Whorls distant, globose, many-flowered, ¾ in. diam.; bracts large, linear, ciliate; fr. calyx ⅓ in. long, oblique, teeth 8-10; cor. tube naked, lips small. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.L.); Central Sudan (Gezira). 722 =Leonitis pallida= _Benth._ KUSHU-KUSHU, FAKI BALADAWAYA (Meshra El Zeraf), ABUTIFA & UMDAREIWA (Baggara)—Arab; KOPTUNINDEIR (Dilling) & KANDINUWINDI (J. Ghulfan)—Nuba. Tall, hairy herb. Leaves ovate, up to 4 in. long, crenate. Fl. in globose heads, 2-2½ in. diam., spaced along the stem; bracts lanceolate, spine-tipped; calyx tube ⅓ in. long, 8-10 ribbed and toothed, teeth spine-tipped, uppermost largest; cor. pale-yellow; st. 4. Nubia (between Korosko & Berber); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat, Mattama); Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dilling & J. Ghulfan); Darfur Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Dukuttu). The ashes are said to be used for tumours on the head. =L. nepetæfolia= _R. Br._ Pubescent herb, 4-5 ft. high. Leaves ovate, up to 4 in. long, crenate. Fl. arranged as above; bracts large, linear, stiff; calyx ¼ in. long, larger in fruit, upper tooth largest, mucronate; cor. deep yellow, tube ½ in. and upper lip ½ in. long, the lower 3-lobed, deflexed. Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post). =L. velutina= _Fenzl._ KUSHU-KUSHU—Arab. Tall, finely hairy perennial. Leaves ovate, crenate, very hairy beneath. Heads (whorls) very dense, 3 in. diam.; bracts small, linear; calyx hairy, teeth deltoid, upper largest; cor. bright yellow, 1 in. long, upper lip up to ½ in. long. Fung Prov. (Roseires); Æthiopia; Kordofan Prov. (Obeid). 723 =Tinnea æthiopica= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._ Shrub, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves subsessile, oblong, up to 2 in. long. Whorls laxly disposed, 2-flowered; bracts oblong, green, as long as the flowers; calyx ⅓ in. enlarging to 1 in., bladder-shaped; cor. maroon, 2-lipped, upper short, orbicular, lower deflexed, 3-lobed, ⅙ in. long; st. 4; seeds winged. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Bongo: Mvolo, Dar Fertit below Pongo River & Biselli, Niamniam-land).
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